The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves

Description

Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Lièvre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love.

Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Mark Z. Danielewski
Published: 10/10/2000
Publisher: Pantheon Books
ISBN: 9780375714412
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 0.40″ H x 8.10″ L x 4.90″ W